Monkey Sanctuary

The Monkey Sanctuary
The Monkey Sanctuary
	50°21′55″N 4°24′49″W / 50.3654°N 4.4136°W
Date opened	1964
Location	Looe, Cornwall, England
No. of animals	30
No. of species	5
Annual visitors	30,000
Website	www.monkeysanctuary.org

The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams,^[3]^[4] as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Based in Looe, Cornwall, England, it is home to woolly monkeys descended from the original residents, a growing number of capuchin monkeys rescued from the British pet trade^[2], many marmosets, and a small group of rescued macaques.^[5]

A colony of rare lesser horseshoe bats live in the cellar of Murrayton House, a 19th-century building that is staff offices and accommodation for staff and volunteers.

The Monkey Sanctuary is the flagship project of Wild Futures (UK registered Charity number 1102532).^[6]^[7]

In 2025, the Sanctuary site Murrayton House was placed up for sale citing growing financial pressure. [1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Monkeys". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Gold for Sanctuary". BBC. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^ Martin Lewin, "John Williams and John Etheridge: Hey, Joe!" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Camden New Journal.
^ "John Williams biography".
^ "Barbary Macaques". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^ "Wild Futures". wildfutures.org. Wild Futures. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
^ "1102532 - Wild Futures". charity-commission.gov.uk. United Kingdom Charity Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

References

Tudge, Colin (21 April 1990). "More room for the woollies: The Monkey Sanctuary at Looe in Cornwall has been so successful that it must now expand and perhaps divide. What lessons does it hold for traditional zoos?". New Scientist. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

External links

[monkeys-1] "Monkeys". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[bbc-2] "Gold for Sanctuary". BBC. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[3] Martin Lewin, "John Williams and John Etheridge: Hey, Joe!" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Camden New Journal.

[4] "John Williams biography".

[5] "Barbary Macaques". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[wildfutures-6] "Wild Futures". wildfutures.org. Wild Futures. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

[7] "1102532 - Wild Futures". charity-commission.gov.uk. United Kingdom Charity Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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